After the effective date of this chapter, off-street
parking and loading spaces shall be provided for every new structure,
the enlargement of an existing structure, the development of a new
land use or any change in an existing use in accordance with Table
1: Table of Use and Parking Regulations[1] and the requirements contained therein; excepting that
any/all parking requirements shall be waived for any properties fronting
upon either the northerly or southerly side of either the Merrimack
Street, Washington Square and/or Washington Street right-of-way as
bounded in total, easterly by Main Street and westerly by Railroad
Square.

The Parking Code stipulated in the Table 1:
Table of Use and Parking Requirements shall represent the respective
requirements stated below:

PARKING CODE REGULATIONS

Parking Code

Requirements

A

1 1/2 spaces per dwelling unit

B

1 space for each 100 square feet of gross floor
area

C

1 space for each 200 square feet of gross floor
area

D

1 space for each 250 square feet of gross floor
area

E

1 space for each 300 square feet of gross floor
area

F

1 space for each 600 square feet of gross floor
area

G

1 space for each 800 square feet of gross floor
area

H

1 space for each 4 seats at design capacity

I

2 per classroom in an elementary school; 3 per
classroom in middle and junior high school; 4 per classroom, plus
1 space for every 4 seats of the total seating capacity of the auditorium
or gymnasium, whichever has the largest capacity, in a senior high
school

Off-street parking areas shall be designed to
comply with one or a combination of the following minimum standards.
(Up to 35% of required parking spaces shall be allowed to have a reduced
width of not less than 7.5 feet to accommodate compact and subcompact
cars, with corresponding aisle width reductions for such areas subject
to a determination by the Building Inspector.)

For every building hereafter erected for retail
and service commercial, and wholesale, transportation and industrial,
and community facility use, as specified in Table 1: Table of Use
and Parking Regulations, and for every such use hereinafter established
in an existing building or area, the following off-street loading
and unloading requirements shall prevail:

LOADING REGULATIONS

Loading Spaces Required

Building Gross Floor Area

(square feet)

Retail and Service Commercial, Wholesale,
Transportation and Industrial

The first off-street loading and unloading space
herein required for a building shall be at least 12 feet in width,
35 feet in length and have a minimum vertical clearance of 14 feet.
All additional required spaces shall be at least 12 feet in width,
55 feet in length and have a minimum vertical clearance of 14 feet.

Parking or loading spaces being maintained in
any district in connection with any existing use on the effective
date of this chapter shall not be decreased so long as said use remains,
unless a number of parking or loading spaces is constructed elsewhere
such that the total number of spaces conforms to the requirements
of the foregoing tables, provided that this regulation shall not require
the maintenance of more parking or loading spaces than is required
according to the tables, and further provided that this provision
will not be applied when such space is acquired for public purposes.

Parking required for two or more buildings or
uses may be provided in combined facilities on the same or adjacent
lots, subject to approval by the Building Inspector, where it is evident
that such facilities will continue to be available for the several
buildings or uses and the total number provided is consistent with
the combined requirement of the respective uses.

Required off-street parking or loading spaces
which after development are later designated as, and accepted by the
City for, off-street parking or loading purposes shall continue to
serve the uses or structures to meet these requirements so long as
said use or structure remains.

Required off-street parking and loading spaces shall
be provided on the same lot as the principal use they are required
to serve or, when practical difficulties as determined by the Board
prevent their establishment upon the same lot, they shall be established
no further than 300 feet from the premises to which they are appurtenant.

No off-street parking space for a use permitted in any C or I District shall be allowed in any R or S District except within 100 feet of and with driveway access from such C or I District and when screened as in § 255-24 and only when permitted by the Board.

For residential uses (one-, two- or three-family),
parking in the front yard shall be allowed only in the driveway or
in a backup strip adjacent to the driveway. Any paved areas including
the driveway shall not cover more than 50% of the front yard.

For nonresidential uses, a fifteen-foot-wide landscaped
strip shall be provided between the parking area and the street right-of-way
except in a CC District and a CM District where a minimum of an eight-foot-wide
landscaped strip shall be provided.

A substantial bumper of masonry, steel, granite or
heavy timber, or a concrete curb or berm curb which is backed, shall
be placed at the edge of surfaced areas except driveways in order
to protect abutting structures, properties and sidewalks and screening
materials.

There shall not be any vehicle repair or gasoline
or oil service facilities or any repair made to any motor vehicles
except on a lot occupied by a permitted automotive use. Any gasoline
or oil facilities shall be at least 25 feet from any lot line.

Parking shall not be located within the required front
yard area in any R or S District and must be set back from the front
property line at least five feet in any CN District and 20 feet in
any CH or BP[1] District.

Retail use primarily serving the local retail businesses or
service the needs of the neighborhood, including but not limited to
barber/beauty shop, shoe repair shop, self-service laundry, pickup
or delivery station of laundry or dry cleaning, or tailor shop

1 space for each 200 square feet of gross floor area

Retail use selling one or more of the following, but not limited
to: food, baked goods, groceries, clothing, dry goods, books, art,
flowers, paint, hardware, and minor household appliances

Nonprofit educational facility which is religious, sectarian,
denominational or public, not to include any student living quarters
or any type of trade school or nursery school

2 per classroom in an elementary school; 3 per classroom in
a middle and junior high school; 4 per classroom, plus 1 space for
every 4 seats of the total seating capacity of the auditorium or gymnasium,
whichever has the largest capacity, in a senior high school

City governmental building (unless otherwise specified)

1 space for each 300 square feet of gross floor area

City auditorium

1 space for each 4 seats at design capacity

Historical association or society

1 space for each 300 square feet of gross floor area

Hospital

1.25 per bed at design capacity

Membership clubs, lodges and/or societies

1 space for every 3 seats

Indoor recreational facility or sports facility

1 space for each 300 square feet of gross floor area

Cultural uses such as a library, museum, gallery, concert hall,
theater, auditorium, performance space, aquarium, or historical exhibit
open to the public generally

1 space for each 250 square feet of gross floor area

Professional and/or business schools for profit (includes dance,
music, art, other professional and/or business schools)

2 per classroom in an elementary school; 3 per classroom in
a middle and junior high school; 4 per classroom, plus 1 space for
every 4 seats of the total seating capacity of the auditorium or gymnasium,
whichever has the largest capacity, in a senior high school

The parking requirements may be accommodated by either providing
parking on site or off site or a combination of on-site parking and/or
parking at municipal or other parking facilities in the vicinity of
the proposed use.

If the required parking is provided on site, the design of the parking shall conform to the specifications as set forth in § 255-45 the Zoning Ordinance. In addition, on-site parking areas shall meet the following requirements:

Parking and loading areas shall be hidden from view from public
ways. Parking lots are not permitted in the front of buildings and
should be located at the side or rear of a lot or in concealed structures,
wherever possible.

The parking facility must be less than 1,000 feet from the proposed
development, the distance to be measured in a straight line from the
two closest points between the proposed use and the parking facility.

The required amount of parking may be reduced at the discretion
of the PAA upon showing that the lesser amount of parking will not
cause excessive congestion, endanger public safety, or that the lesser
amount of parking will provide positive environmental or other benefits.
The Plan Approval Authority may consider:

Such other factors as may be considered by the Approval Authority,
including whether the reduction of the parking requirement is likely
to encourage the use of public transportation or encourage a proposed
development to be more pedestrian friendly.

Shared parking in Sub-Zone E. Any off-street parking required by
this section in Sub-Zone E for any building or use may be included
as part of any off-street parking area similarly required for another
building or use on the same site only when the type of buildings or
uses indicate that the usage of such parking area would not occur
simultaneously, as determined by the Economic Development Director.